- Based on 6 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Materials Scientist in their career, on average, they have 5.68 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 6.5 years on average and earn $111K per year on average in this less senior role.
- 17% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Materials Scientist are Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering Intern and Doctoral Researcher. Doctoral Student, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Materials Scientist are Senior Scientist, Principal Engineer and Failure Analysis Analyst based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Senior Scientist, the most common step before Senior Materials Scientist, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Senior Scientist is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Materials Scientist that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Materials Scientist career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Senior Materials Scientist so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Senior Scientist is from the same job family, Scientist - General as Senior Materials Scientist, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Principal Engineer also leading to Senior Materials Scientist.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Materials Scientist are Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Materials Engineering, Doctor Of Philosophy (ph.d.) In Materials Engineering, and Bachelor Degree In Chemical Engineering. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Senior Materials Scientist is part of the Scientist - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (36) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Senior Materials Scientist.